Flawed Femmes wielding Whips, Guns, and Blades
Lady Merreth’s stories belong to the Flintlock Fantasy genre. Flintlock fantasy is characterized by early gunpowder weapons, some magic involvement, issues of class and social advancement, complex plots, and fairly high levels of violence. Here’s a more comprehensive description. The Read More …
In Part II of Four Questions When Writing, I’m going to provide some ideas on finding your ideal writer. Recall that Part I went over why are you writing, and for whom are you writing. Over the Christmas “break” I Read More …
Lady Merreth’s world is one where early gunpowder weapons are just coming into their own. As a writer, I was gratified to stumble across Jack Kelly’s Gunpowder, Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive that Changed the World. Read More …
You hear a lot about genre when you get into writing novels. In this post I’ll provide a thumbnail overview of two books on genre that I’ve found enormously helpful in my writing. First, some background: What is genre? According Read More …
This is the second in my series on using Wattpad to promote your writing and get it in front of more readers. In part 1 I provided an overview of Wattpad and now I’ll explore setting up your account and Read More …
Most of us write because we want to have our stuff read. To have our stuff read three things must be done: Make the writing available to people Inform people of the writing’s existence Get people to actually read the Read More …
So you have decided you want to write fiction and have people give you money for what you produce. Excellent ! I made the same decision. However, now that I am three years into the whole writing/blogging/promoting aspect of producing Read More …
Lady Merreth’s adventures are set in a period roughly analogous to the late 1700s to early 1800s. The faintest stirrings of the industrial revolution can be discerned though military technology is considerably more varied than it was in our world. Read More …
Hello Everyone! This is Part 8 of “Let’s Discover Your Author Brand” using Emlyn Chand’s and Robb Grindstaff’s book Discover Your Brand: A Do-it-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors. I’ll refer to the book from now on as “Discover Your Brand”. Read More …
Hello Everyone! This is Part 7 of “Let’s Discover Your Author Brand” using Emlyn Chand’s and Robb Grindstaff’s book Discover Your Brand: A Do-it-Yourself Branding Workbook for Authors. I’ll refer to the book from now on as “Discover Your Brand”. Read More …
